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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






2. State Board of Eduation






3. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






4. Construction and Reconstruction - Construct understanding based on analysis and synthesis.

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5. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






6. Closed syllable






7. Three adjacent letters which represent one speech sound (tch)






8. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






9. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






10. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






11. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






12. Was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in England between 1350 and 1500.[1] This was first studied by Otto Jespersen (1860-1943) - a Danish linguist and Anglicist - who coined the term. Because English spellin






13. English as a second language






14. The ability to organize thoughts and express them verbally to convey meaning to others






15. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






16. Federal Law. Nondiscrimination on the basis of handicap in programs receiving federal $$ - Civil Rights Law - to protect people with disabilities by allowing full participation in the workplace.






17. A base word or meaningful unit in there terminology of structural linguistics.






18. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






19. Feeling through fingertips






20. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






21. 1925 - Coined the term "strephosymbolia" which means twisted symbols; Pathologist - neurologist and psychitrist in the US - studied with Dr. Alzheimer in Germany - work influenced by James Hinshelwood






22. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






23. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






24. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






25. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






26. Vowel team syllable (digraph - dipthong)






27. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






28. Pre-reading - Oral Language Development

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29. Instruction must include the six basic types of these and the division rules.






30. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






31. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






32. 1877 - first to use the term "word-blindness"






33. The curved diacritical mark above a vowel in a sound picture or phonic/dictionary symbol notation that indicates a short sound in a closed syllable in which at least one consonant comes after the vowel in the same syllable.






34. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






35. listening - remembering - and understanding what someone else says.






36. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






37. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






38. Individual Educational Plan






39. The process of systematically gathering test scores and related data in order to make judgement about an individuals ability to perform various mental activities involved in the processing - acquisition - retention - conceptualization - and organizat






40. Final stable syllable

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41. 1930 - Psychologist and teacher in New York; along with Samuel T. Orton at Columbia University - developed a non-traditional approach to teaching written language skills. Trained one teacher at a time. began working with Sally Childs and trained 50 t






42. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






43. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






44. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






45. A group of several test standardized on the same sample population so that results on the several tests are comparable. Example : School achievement tests






46. Inferential learning of a concept cannot be take for granted! Never assume!






47. An ability test is designed to measure either your general intelligence or your mental aptitude in a particular area. For example






48. State Law. Requires testing - Requires that students enrolled in public schools be tested for dyslexia. - Requires treatment (teaching)






49. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






50. The ability to translate print to speech with rapidity and automaticity that allows the reader to focus on meaning.